Many thanks for taking up the mantle this year :)
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0'02" - Grand Seiko SBGX061 (HAQ) beechcustom
0'03" - Tudor Black Bay 58 (Auto) Captain RockNRoll
0'06" - Longines VHP (HAQ) Griswold
0'07" - Animal W002 (Quartz) gbn13
0'19" - Casio GLX-5600 (Quartz) JGJG
0'19" - Q Timex Reissue (Quartz) beechcustom
1'11" - Casio Diver (Quartz) Craizeehair
1'13" - Grand Seiko SBGA211 (Spring Drive) Murdoc
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Thank you to everyone who took part, extra big thank you to everyone who provided regular updates, and an enormous thank you to Murdoc and Captain RockNRoll for keeping their mechanicals going for the whole time. Having got mine only to the halfway point, I know what it needed of them.
My favourite was Murdoc's Snowflake - the only Spring Drive entered and a stone cold classic - it was a pleasure to see the very regular photos of that. I also enjoyed that it spent almost the whole period getting closer to correct time, not going away
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0'57" at 25 weeks 3 days - Black dial Silverwave (Wimm)
1'09" at 25 weeks 3 days - White dial Silverwave (Wimm)
Retirees
29 w 0 d - Landmaster (crazyp)
18 w 4 d - Rolex Submariner (Saint-Just)
16 w 0 d - Breitling Aerospace (JohnnyE)
15 w 6 d - Omega Globemaster (Der Amf)
15 w 0 d - Ultronic (Tetlee)
14 w 6 d - Omega FOIS (Phil0886)
14 w 3 d - Panerai 00312 (Phil0886)
11 w 4 d - Patek AC (Martyn JC)
10 w 4 d - Tuna Solar (Andym)
10 w 4 d - Seiko 5 (gbn13)
10 w 2 d - Seiko Black Turtle (BrianR)
10 w 0 d - Tudor BB 58 (gbn13)
9 w 6 d - Rolex BLNR GMT (beechcustom)
7 w 6 d - Tudor BB GMT (AlphaEchoAlpha)
6 w 4 d - Tudor BB GMT (KingKitega)
5 w 6 d - Omega Aqua Terra (Craizeehair)
4 w 3 d - Panerai 00372 (marius)
4 w 1 d - Sinn (Ginpopy)
3 w 4 d - Panerai 00932 (marius)
2 w 6 d - Omega Speedy Mk II (Tetlee)
2 w 6 d - Seiko Blue Turtle (crazyp)
2 w 4 d - Casio GW-5000 (Oiljam)
2 w 3 d - Wempe (Ginpopy)
2 w 2 d - X-33 MkII (ben4watches)
2 w 2 d - Breitling 806 (ben4watches)
2 w 2 d - Tudor P01 (ben4watches)
1 w 5 d - Smiths Clock (alfat33)
1 w 2 d - Seiko Presage (Der Amf)
1 w 0 d - 1971 Seiko manual (Der Amf)
Last edited by Der Amf; 26th October 2020 at 00:46.
The challenge is simple: can your watch go through the 30 weeks until the clocks go back to GMT at the end of October without needing adjusting?
There are different classifications: Quartz, HAQ, Spring Drive, Mechanical and sub-£1,000 Mechanical.
For the HAQ, the expectation is that the watches won't need adjusting, the competition will be purely the accuracy over the 7 months. For regular quartz, part of the challenge will be whether it stays accurate enough for you not to need to correct it.
For mechanicals, there's also the much harder challenge of keeping the thing going at all. How you manage this is up to you - automatic winding, hand winding, electric winder, all are permissible.
I think last year only one mechanical made it through, Sean's Explorer I. I would love to see something like an 8 day Panerai entered.
THE WATCHES DO NOT NEED TO BE WORN
To enter post a photo of the watch taken today in front of time.is, with the date visible, and tell us what category its in.
Multiple entries are encouraged!
Every couple of weeks please return to the thread with a fresh picture, so we can track its progress. I'll be making little tables as we go, so we can compare.
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A. HAQ - 5 watches
(1) Breitling 2007 Aerospace (JohnnyE, post 17)
(2) Grand Seiko GMT (boring_sandwich, post 4)
(3) Grand Seiko SBGX061 (Beechcustom, post 18)
(4) Longines VHP (Griswold, post 25)
(5) Omega X-33 MkII (ben4watches, post 13)
B. Quartz - 10 watches
(6) Animal W002 (gbn13, post 60) [-3 days]
(7) Casio Diver (Craizeehair, post 5)
(8) GLX-5600 [starting -1s] (JGJG, post 31)
(9) Casio GW-5000 [sync turned off] (Oiljam, post 20)
(10) Longines Ultronic (Tetlee, post 69) [-4 days]
(11) Q Timex 1979 (beechcustom, post 56) [-3 days]
(12) Seiko Landmaster (crazyp, post 12)
(13) Seiko Silverwave white (Wimm, post 58) [-3 days]
(14) Seiko Silverwave black (Wimm, post 58) [-3 days]
(15) Seiko Tuna Solar (Andym, post 59) [-3 days]
C. Spring Drive - 1 watch
(16) Grand Seiko Snowflake [starting -67s] (Murdoc, post 21)
D. Mechanicals - 16 watches
(17) Breitling 806 manual (ben4watches, post 13)
(18) Omega Aqua Terra (Craizeehair, post 5)
(19) Omega Globemaster (Der Amf, post 1)
(20) Omega Speedmaster Pro (Phil0886, post 70) [-4 days]
(21) Omega Speedmaster Pro Mark II (Tetlee, post 69) [-4 days]
(22) Panerai 312 (Phil0886, post 27)
(23) Panerai 372 (marius, post 16)
(24) Panerai 932 (marius, post 68) [-4 days]
(25) Patek Annual Calendar (Martyn JC, post 62) [-3 days]
(26) Rolex BLNR [starting -300s] (beechcustom, post 74) [-6 days]
(27) Rolex Submariner (Saint-Just, post 14)
(28) Tudor BB 58 (Captain RockNRoll, post 24)
(29) Tudor BB 58 (gbn13, post 60) [-3 days]
(30) Tudor BB GMT (AlphaEchoAlpha, post 11)
(31) Tudor BB GMT (King Kitega, post 9)
(32) Tudor PO1 (ben4watches, post 13)
E. Sub-£1,000 Mechanicals - 7 watches
(33) Seiko 5 Sports (gbn13, post 60) [-3 days]
(34) Seiko 7000-8000 [starting +1,800s] (Der Amf, post 71) [-5 days]
(35) Seiko Presage (Der Amf, post 22)
(36) Seiko Turtle black (BrianR, post 78) [-6 days]
(37) Seiko Turtle blue (crazyp, post 12)
(38) Sinn auto (Ginpopy, post 61) [-3 days]
(39) Wempe Unitas (Ginpopy, post 61) [-3 days]
F. Unwearables - 1 clock
(40) Smiths Mantel Clock (alfat33, post 65) [-4 days]
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Here's my entry, in the Mechanical category
Last edited by Der Amf; 6th May 2020 at 16:25.
I’ll try again this year, hopefully I can do a little better. The mechanicals are a challenge but hopefully the battery in the quartz will stay the course this time.
I really wish I had got round to getting a winder on time for now, so that I could have entered both my autos.
Submitting an auto this year.. I should be able to keep this one alive to the end, and I've worked out a way to keep it accurate too. Thanks for running it OP
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Forgot to say, little nudges for balancing the gain and loss are wholly valid. Eg once every ten days or so, I rest my OCG crown up overnight. It's been running since mid Feb and is still bang on.
Though anyone who's prepared to spend 7 months just taking what they're given will get plenty of respect!
I'm going to give it a go with this...
I’m going to enter two -
The quartz - Seiko Landmaster SBDW005. Kinetic quartz movement, should be fine.
Mechanical under £1000 - Seiko ‘Save the ocean’ turtle.
Hopefully I don’t get too OCD with the date. Fingers crossed. If only the mechanical had an independent hour hand, life would be much easier. I don’t think travel will be much of a factor....
I’m considering another mechanical, my IWC. I’ll have a think of worth doing, maybe doable with lockdown to rotate both mechanicals.
Pic taken with my Frogman - all 5 of my atomic Gs are syncing the same, so I’ll use that as a reference!
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Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Aren't you out by 1 minute (35 vs 36)?
Makes sense, so much easier for a 1-watch member.
I travel weekly and find it impossible to keep my watches going while I'm away, and have 8 regular wearers, so I'm 99.9% confident I'd wouldn't be able to keep one watch running (I don't have an 8-day Panerai). Otherwise I'd be in. Thanks for running this.
Last edited by jukeboxs; 29th March 2020 at 12:55. Reason: 2nd comment added
I will put the newest member of my Pamily 372
I wish us all and our watches to reach the finish of this in good health!
Stay safe friends!
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My entry this time round... Breitling Aerospace E79362 from 2007. Entered in the HAQ category. Worn daily and will be on my wrist for the majority of this one
I'm in this year. Great thread! Hope we are all still here in 7 months!
Grand Seiko SBGX061 in the HAQ category
I’ve always wondered how my radio controlled G Shock would fare with the auto sync off. So I’ll join in with my GW-5000. It synced this morning so is spot on, I’ll turn the auto sync off today and see how it runs naturally with no help from the Anthorn Radio Station.
Picture later tonight as I’m currently at work.
(sorry for the poor photo, kitchen lighting not the best)
Last edited by oiljam; 29th March 2020 at 20:11.
Here’s my entry into the Spring Drive category. GS Snowflake, currently 67s slow as I know it gains slightly. Hoping to keep this as my daily wearer until the end of BST.
We've 18 entries already.....room for plenty more!
Since the government has forbidden my professional existence and is paying me to sit on my arse, it's pretty much the least I could do
What can't have been easy for him was putting up with a watch that was a significantly out for a few months!
Do I need to appoint a deputy, just in case?
I'm pleased to see at least one SD, as I've always been very keen to see what their long-term accuracy proves to be.
Longines VHP in the HAQ category.
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
Thanks, I’ve had a couple of spring drives in the past (a 600m Marinemaster - whatever happened to those, don’t see many about nowadays; and a GS Diver). Over around a month I couldn’t tell whether they were gaining or losing, they were bang on.
I haven’t had it long, but this Snowflake seems to gain a couple of seconds per week. I’m also interested to see how consistent it is over a longer period.
PAM312 - not an 8-day but at 3 days it’s the longest power reserve.
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Unfortunately, my hoped-for 2020 challenger hasn’t yet arrived, so here’s the GLX-5600 again.
Quartz.
Currently -1s.
And on that note, the bar is closed, and we have our 22 entries: 5 × HAQ, 4 × quartz, 1 × Spring Drive, 10 × Mechanical, 2 × Sub-£1,000 Mechanical
Ah bugger just missed it, fair enough though. Best of luck everyone.
I was far too slow with this thread
Good luck folks!
I am late to this challenge so I will forgo this year but will look for it next year, although we start and end DST here in the States on different Sundays in March and November than in Europe but I am sure I can just follow along since most all in here are from the UK and other parts. I would be in the Sub $1000 area but I wouldn't have any issue because I have a manual wind only watch and winding it every day is a routine that I enjoy.
Any bets on which watch is likely to drop out first?
Your Presage is with the 6R15 movement, correct? It would have been interesting to compare with my the 'lesser' movement in my Turtle, knowing how wildly Seiko's unregulated movements can vary. You could wear it for a few hours a day instead to keep it ticking over. However always a pain to keep an auto going if you're not wearing it.
My Globemaster lives on my wrist all day every day, just as the Presage did last year, so that's not a possibility. I've read a few times about how much better this grade of Seiko movement is when worn all the time, and that certainly fits in with what I found last year - I think I wore it from the end of March to the end of June without having to correct it. And then it had to be put into storage for a while.
Fair enough, why change something when it's working for you! I have a 6R15 and when wearing it consistently, it's performed well enough.
Funnily, I thought I'd be rotating through my watches during lockdown, ended up pretty much with the two watches in this challenge and occasionally my Ming 19.01 when on a walk and the sun is shining. Maybe I'll get a few more Natos to keep me excited!
Too late to join with a German watch? Cheers
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The 4 watches I keep in my Carapaz case get wound daily. It used to be just the gmt to keep an eye on the date change (which has been fine for the 7 last weeks) and the Reverso to keep the triple date and moonphase correct so should not be too much of an issue to keep the Breitling going for 6 months.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "